We’ve developed a list of regional resources to help grant applicants describe how their proposed project addresses our primary obligation to compensate for dam impacts.
Contact your region manager if you have any questions.
Regional Consulting Ltd. 2000. Bridge-Coastal Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program Strategic Plan Watershed Plans.
Arndt, S. 2009a. Footprint Impacts of BC Hydro Dams on Kokanee Populations in the Columbia River Basin, British Columbia.
Arndt, S. 2009b. Footprint Impacts of BC Hydro Dam on Rainbow Trout in the Columbia River Basin, British Columbia. 94 pp + appendix.
Ketcheson, M.V., K. Misurak, V. Lipinski, G. Kernaghan, K. Lessard, T. Dool, L. Bradley and E. White. 2005. Columbia Basin BC Hydro Footprint Mapping: BC Hydro Reference Number DFIM040. Report prepared for FWCP:CB, Nelson, BC.
Ladell, J., J.D. McPhail, and J.S. Baxter. 2007. BC Hydro Dam Impact Footprint Review -Whitefish, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Cottids, Cyprinids, and Catostomids. Prepared for the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program Nelson, BC.
MacKillop, D.J. and G.F. Utzig. 2005. Primary Production in the Flooded Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Columbia Basin. Unpublished report prepared for the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Nelson, BC. 25 pp.
Moody, A., P. Slaney and J. Stockner. 2007. Footprint Impact of BC Hydro Dams On Aquatic and Wetland Primary Productivity in the Columbia Basin. AIM Ecological Consultants Ltd. in association with Eco-Logic Ltd. and PSlaney Aquatic Science Ltd. Unpubl. report prepared for Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program. 172pp.
Porto, Louise. 2008. White Sturgeon Populations in the BC Hydro Dam Footprint Impacts Area. Submittedto the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program from AMEC Earth and Environmental. AMEC File VE51807.
Utzig, G. and D. Schmidt. 2011. Dam footprint impact summary. Nelson, British Columbia. Prepared for Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program: Columbia Basin. 42 pp + appendices.
Utzig, G.F., and R.F. Holt. 2008. Terrestrial Productivity in the Flooded Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Columbia Basin: Impacts, Mitigation and Monitoring. Unpubl. Report prepared for the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Comp
Tripp, T., O’Brien, C., Jefferies, A. and Etherington, A. 2026. Williston Watershed Impact Assessment Mapping - Use of BEMVRI (Broad Ecosystem Mapping and Vegetation Resource Inventory) to Compare Current Conditions (2025) to Pre-flood (1968) Conditions
This project produced spatial modeling products and a final report that provides information on the ecosystems impacted by the creation of Williston Reservoir. To access the spatial files and data please contact the Province’s TEI mailbox: TEI_Mail@gov.bc.ca.
